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United States Drug Testing Laboratories

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Research works
95
▲ 226% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
United States Drug Testing Laboratories

Not ranked overall: United States Drug Testing Laboratories is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does United States Drug Testing Laboratories work in?

In all years, 43% of research at United States Drug Testing Laboratories is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Engineering (10%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 43.0% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 39.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 10.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 24.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 10.3% of its workToxicology: 7 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUnited StatesDrug Testing…95fractional works, all years
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3839.6%
    2. Veterinary11.5%
    3. Health Professions11.2%
    4. Dentistry10.7%
    1. Engineering1010.4%
    2. Chemistry66.0%
    3. Environmental Science66.0%
    4. Materials Science21.7%
    5. Mathematics21.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1010.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.3%
    3. Neuroscience44.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences22.4%
    2. Psychology22.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 31.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 20.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 32.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.97×2 works
  2. Veterinary20.33×0 works
  3. Neuroscience4.54×1 works
  4. Medicine2.94×10 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.83×0 works
  6. Chemistry1.51×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.39×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.46×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.37×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.21×0 works

Who are the top researchers at United States Drug Testing Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles A. Plate, R. B. Bradstreet and Douglas Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Drug Testing Laboratories.

  1. 1 Charles A. Plate United States · #2,214,451 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 R. B. Bradstreet United States · #2,327,393 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Douglas Lewis United States · #2,781,780 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Mary Jones United States · #3,588,030 worldwide 406 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 D. H. Lewis United States · #3,729,641 worldwide 117 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Joseph Jones United States · #4,178,347 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at United States Drug Testing Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from United States Drug Testing Laboratories?

The most cited paper from United States Drug Testing Laboratories is "Determination of drugs of abuse in meconium" (Christine Mary Moore, Adam Negrusz, Douglas Lewis, 1998), with 138 citations. Next come "The detection of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanol in human dried blood spots" (116) and "Prevalence of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters in Meconium Specimens" (115).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determination of drugs of abuse in meconium Christine Mary Moore, Adam Negrusz, Douglas Lewis · Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications Aug 1998 138
2 The detection of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanol in human dried blood spots Joseph Jones, Mary Jones, Charles A. Plate et al. · Analytical Methods 2011 116
3 Prevalence of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters in Meconium Specimens Christine Mary Moore, Joseph Jones, Douglas Lewis et al. · Clinical Chemistry 2003 115
4 Testing for fetal exposure to illicit drugs using umbilical cord tissue vs meconium Dianne Montgomery, Charles A. Plate, Stephen Craig Alder et al. · Journal of Perinatology 10 Nov 2005 112
5 Mechanisms of reactive sputtering of indium I: Growth of InN in mixed Ar-N2 discharges Bharath Natarajan, A. H. Eltoukhy, Joseph E. Greene et al. · Thin Solid Films Jun 1980 92
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at United States Drug Testing Laboratories?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cognitive Impairment, Brain Development, Drug Analysis, Forensic Toxicology, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Mortality Risk and Epidemiology.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 2.6×11 topics
  2. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 38×4 topics
  3. Brain Development8▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Drug Analysis7▲ 379×1 topic
  5. Forensic Toxicology7▲ 248×1 topic
  6. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  7. Inflammation7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  8. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome6▲ 403×1 topic
  9. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure6▲ 403×1 topic
  10. Mortality Risk6▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Metabolism4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  12. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  14. Cancer Risk3▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Neurotoxicity3▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Health3▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Risk Assessment3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  19. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Alcohol3▲ 99×1 topic
  21. Liver Disease3▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Anesthesia3▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Chronic Pain Management3▲ 133×1 topic
  24. Opioid Prescribing3▲ 133×1 topic
  25. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  27. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Imaging2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  29. Early-Life Conditions2▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Fetal Programming2▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Neural Circuits2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  33. Newborn Screening2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Central Chemoreception2▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Electrospray2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Ionization2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Respiratory Rhythm2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Cannabinoid Receptors2▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Endocannabinoid System2▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency2▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Drug Testing Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Birth, Development, and Health, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Pharmaceutical studies and practices and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis.

Birth, Development, and …2Birth, Development, and Health: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 1 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional worksPharmacological Effects and Assays: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthToxicologyPharmacologyDevelopmental Neuroscience4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  2. 2 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 1 works
  5. 5 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmacological Effects and Assays Animal Science and Zoology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has United States Drug Testing Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 226% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is United States Drug Testing Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000092% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%United States Drug Testing Laboratories0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of United States Drug Testing Laboratories over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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